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South Carolina DHEC has reported an increase of hepatitis A cases in 2019. Health officials urge restaurant employees to wash their hands while on the job, and are vaccinating at-risk individuals. → Read More
Timothy Jones Jr. was found guilty of killing his five kids in Lexington County, SC, and was sentenced to death. During trial, testimony about his history of violence, abuse revealed what led to his kids’ deaths. → Read More
Timothy Jones Jr. was found guilty of killing his five kids in Lexington County, SC, and was sentenced to death. During trial, testimony about his history of violence, abuse revealed what led to his kids’ deaths. → Read More
A Lexington County jury has found Timothy Jones Jr guilty as charged in the death of his five children. The verdict was announced after jurors deliberated for [HOURS/DAYS HERE]. The trial now heads to the penalty phase. → Read More
Attorneys spent more than two hours Monday arguing whether confessed child killer Timothy Jones is an evil murderer or truly insane before handing the case off to a Lexington County jury of 10 women and eight men. → Read More
James Michael Smith and Holly Pearson Tredway, both of Laurens, SC, are accused of stealing nearly everything inside a house on Co-Op Road near Lake Greenwood on May 25, 2019. → Read More
Lexington County, SC, deputies have arrested 19-year-old Aaron Franklin Lyn Aycock, of Gaston, SC, for allegedly shooting at a marked Lexington County Sheriff’s Department patrol car on May 26, 2019. → Read More
Sumter police say Darius Therald Funches-McClam, 17, accidentally shot 19-year-old Nyquan Jamel Samuels in the stomach on Thursday. Samuels was airlifted to a Columbia hospital, where he ultimately died. → Read More
Earlier this month, Shemar Khalee Payne, 18, walked into the CVS Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard in Lexington, SC, with a pistol and a note demanding a list of prescription medications, according to police. → Read More
Two unclaimed veterans, of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, were buried Wednesday at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery with full military honors. Coroners were unable to locate family for both veterans. → Read More
Cerome Emilio Cartledge, 30, of Greenwood, is accused of inappropriately touching multiple children between 2016 and 2017 in an unlicensed day care that had been operating in the privacy of someone’s home. → Read More
Nathaniel Rowland was “passed out” at a house party the night 21-year-old Samantha Josephson, a student at the University of South Carolina, was abducted in Columbia’s Five Points, family has said. → Read More
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office has accused two men of trafficking women for sex. The men profited from the sexual acts of at least three women through force, fraud or coercion, the sheriff’s department said. → Read More
Sleeping babies who die at home day care centers in South Carolina are often called accidents, though investigators cite unsafe sleep practices. New rules require safety; records can be hard to get. → Read More
The Columbia Police Department goes to Walmart about nine times a day for theft and other disturbances. Taxpayers are footing the bill for security, but critics say it can be solved with an off-duty officer. → Read More
Uncle James and his brother, Grey Eyes, have spent decades helping the people in Columbia’s crime-ridden and disadvantaged communities. But the tables were turned last week when strangers helped repair his van. → Read More
University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides will retire in 2019 after 10 years at the college. His legacy includes growing enrollment, campus size and academic rankings, but tuition also rose steeply. → Read More
Jack and Sarah Bullins of Myrtle Beach, SC prayed to God to protect them from Hurricane Florence, and what started out as a Cat. 4 weakened to a Cat. 1 and later a tropical storm. The couple has been through storms. → Read More
Hurriance Florence could leave destruction in its wake. Here’s are some tips for what to do if a tree falls on your house. Secure your home, call for help, file an insurance claim → Read More
Emma’s Law, named after Emma Longstreet, who was killed in 2012 by a repeat drunk driver, is wrought with loopholes and exceptions that let too many offenders slip through the cracks, putting everyone else in danger, critics say. → Read More